Display head and shoulders



April 19, 1955 B. PAASCHE 2,706,588

DISPLAY HEAD AND SHOULDERS Filed Aug. 14, 1952 INVENTOR: BERT/1A PAASCHE United States Patent DISPLAY HEAD AND SHOULDERS Bertha Paasche, Chicago, Ill.

Application August 14, 1952, Serial No. 304,278

11 Claims. (Cl. 223-84) This invention relates in general to a display head and shoulders and is more particularly described as a display of this kind adapted to be quickly set up from knockdown form and to rest either upon a horizontal surface or to be secured to an upright support such as a wall or partition.

It is usual to provide a complete head made of papermach or some plastic material for displaying millinery, and if desired, to add a neck and shoulders to the head for displaying blouses and other garments usually of feminine attire. These displays are heavy, cumbersome and expensive; they require a considerable space for storage and shipment; they require constant repair and frequent repainting or retouching in order to present them in attractive form.

The present invention differs from the previous displays in providing simply a representation of a head made of flexible sheet material such as cardboard which is cut, scored and folded to provide the representation of a face, a rounded head, an upright neck and connected shoulders, and means for supporting the display in upright position upon a horizontal surface, and also for providing an extension which may be folded at rlght angles for attaching the display to an upright support.

An important object of the invention is to provide a display head and stand which is constructed of flexible sheet material adapted to be cut from flat sheet material forming scored and foldable pieces which may be combined to produce the semblance of a human head mounted upon a neck and shoulders having a base adapted to be supported upon the horizontal surface and also secured to a vertical surface.

A further object of the invention is to provide a display head composed of connected pieces of sheet material in which the head may be turned at various angles upon the remainder of the structure for presenting displays thereon in dilferent positions.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a display head with supporting neck and shoulders which is composed of connected pieces of sheet material cut, scored and folded to fit together to provide a suggested semblance of a human figure having a movable head supported upon a base comprising a neck and shoulders extending downwardly and outwardly therefrom.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a folding display of the class described comprising a minimum number of pieces cut from flexible sheet material and scored and foldable to fit together without the addition of any other parts to provide a base which may be supported upon a horizontal surface with an extension adapting it to be attached to a vertical or upright surface with a hollow head supported upon a neck rising from shoulder portions and the head being movable to a limiting extension upon and with the shoulder structure.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the specification and will be apparent from the accompanying drawings in which,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a display head mounted upon a connected neck and shoulders and together connected to a supporting base in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the head structure as shown on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the head structure as taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing a detail of the supporting base; and

Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are reduced views for showing the shapes, cuts and score lines of the different pieces of which the structure of Fig. 1 is made.

This head and shoulder display is described and shown as made from fiat sheet material without color, facial or skin representation, but it may form a more attractive appearance if the head piece in particular is printed or otherwise provided with facial and other head adornments.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, there are three main pieces of which this display is composed, a head piece 10, a combined neck, shoulder and base piece 12 and a head support 14. In the head piece 10 are adjacent face panels 16 and 18 separated by a fold line 20. At each side of the panels 16 and 18 are panels 22 connected thereto by fold lines 24 and at the outer side of panels 22 are end panels 26 connected to the panels 22 by fold lines 28. Extending across the panels 22 and 26 adjacent their upper edges are slots 30. The upper ends of the face panels 16 and 18 and the adjoining panels 22 and 26 have common rounded edges forming scallops and the slots 30 are substantially straight extensions of the extremities of the ends of the scallop for the top panels 16 and 18. The lower edges of the panels are connected to each other by an angular outline, but the two adjacent face panels 16 and 18 are preferably formed with a common angular extremity 32 which represents a protruding chin in the face design.

The head support 14 has an elongated portion with a rounded end 34 connected thereto by a fold line 36. In this end is a circular cut 38 extending more than a semi-circle for attaching this end to the supporting base. At the other end of the head support is a head plate 40 connected thereto by a fold line 42. About centrally of the head plate is a circular cut 44 for attaching this end to the upper end of the neck piece. At the sides of the head place are projections 46 having slots 48 separating them from the sides of the head plate and slots 50, separating them from the adjacent edges of the support 14 and leaving each one connected to the plate by a narrow neck 52.

The combined neck, shoulder and base piece 12 has a neck 54 connected to the shoulder portions 56 by an angular panel 58 at each side, each panel having a score line 60 connecting it at an angle to the bottom of the neck piece and having a score line 62 at the other side connecting it with the corresponding shoulder 56. At the bottom of the shoulders 56 is a base 64 connected thereto by a reduced neck 66 formed by side slots 68 and by an opening 70 at the base of the neck portion 54 which also forms a termination of the inner ends of the angular pieces 58 and these shoulders 56. At the extremity of the base 64 is a rounded end portion 72 which may be connected to the remainder of the base by a fold line 74. The base extremity 72 may be folded at an angle to the base 64 as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 for attaching the display to an upright support.

In the base is a circular cut 76 forming a spring tongue embracing more than a semi-circle to provide means for interengaging with a similar cut 38 at the bottom of the head support 14 and partially surrounding the attached portion of this cut 76 is another circular cut 78 of greater radius than the cut 76 which provides means for engaging the rounded end 34 of the head support when it is attached thereto by interengagement of the tongues formed by the circular cuts 76 and 38 as shown more clearly in Fig. 4, the extremity of the rounded end 34 extending into the circular cut 78 so that the attaching and pivoting cuts will permit a limited rotary movement of the head support 14 upon the base 64.

At the upper end of the neck 24 of the base piece 12 is a reduced extremity 80 preferably rounded at the end and having a transverse score line 82 by which it is connected to the remainder of the neck. In this extremity is a circular cut 84 extending more than a semi-circle to form a tongue 86 to engage in the circuit cut 44 of the head support 14. Adjacent and below the transverse score line 82 are crossed score lines 88 which together form angularly connected small panels and upon which this portion of the neck extremity may be relatively twisted and bent when the head piece 10 is connected a the upper end of the head support. Extending downrardly from the junction of the cross lines 88 is a score ne 90 extending longitudinally and centrally of the eck 54.

In assembling the parts of the display, the head piece s applied to the upper end of the head support 14 by nserting the extremities of the side projections 46 through he slots 30 of the head piece with the head piece iartially rounded or folded to engage the slots thereof 11 the slots 48 of the head support, moving the parts into his engagement until the inserted end panels 26 may be :ngaged over the rear ends of the projections 46 and :eated in the slots at the rear ends of the projections l6. The connecting portion of the head support 14 is otated downwardly at right angles to the head plate upon he fold line 42 and the panels 22 and 26 at each side )f the head piece are then pushed forwardly until the face panels 16 and 18 at the upper edges thereof are substantially in continuation with the outer edges of the projections 4g as shown in Fig. 1 with the rounded scaltops of the side panels 22 and 26 extending above the top plate 40 and at angles to the slots 48 so that the panels 22 and 26 extend angularly outward to form a fuller appearing head at the sides thereof.

The upper end of the neck of the base piece 12 is inserted below the upper extremity of the head support 14, the tongue 86 at the extremity of the neck is interengaged with the cut-out 44 in the head plate 40 and the neck is bent upon the fold line 82 so that the angular cross connection formed by the score line 88 is at the top thereof, permitting the head to be turned to a limited extent upon the upper ends of the head support 14 and the neck 54.

At the bottom of the base piece, the rounded end 34 is turned at right angles upon the fold line 36 and the tongues formed by the score lines 38 and 76 are interengaged with the rounded end 34 inserted in the cut 78 and held downwardly and in engagement therewith.

With the display thus assembled, the base may be left flat or the bottom rounded extremity 72 may be turned downtwardly about the score line 74 so that the downwardly turned tab thus formed may be attached by any suitable fastening means to an upright or a partially inclined support, the material displayed having sufficient resilience to support it in any angle in which the tab is folded.

With the display assembled in this manner, the edges of the head support 14 and of the neck 54 are adapted to engage the rear edges of the side panels 26 for holding the head yieldingly in any adjusted position so that it may be partially rotated about a vertical axis on the bottom mounting of the head support and the neck 54 has transverse resiliency provided by the vertical score line 90 such that when the edges thereof are pressed together, the edges of the side panels 26 of the head pieces are released from engagement but when released, the edges of the neck will again spring outwardly and engage the edges of the side panels 26 for holding the head in any angularly adjusted position. The shoulder portion likewise accommodates this rotative and angular movement of the head because of the score lines and 62 and the resilient connection of the upper portion of the base through the reduced necks 66 formed by the side slots 60 and the opening 70 at the base of the neck portion.

In this manner, the head display is adjustable at various up and down angles and in various rotative positions so that when a number of these displays are combined in an exhibit, they present different and attractive variations of the display and of the materials supported thereon. The score lines 60 and 62 on opposite sides of the neck portion enable the display to be slightly inclined or extended at one side or the other to accommodate the display to different rotative positions.

In changing or dismantling the display, the assembling procedure is reversed. The base is disengaged from the bottom of the head support 14 and the upper end of the neck is disengaged from its connection with the tongue 86 whereupon the entire base piece may be removed. The head piece is pressed to the bottom of the slots 48 which permits the panels 22 and 26 at both sides to be disengaged from the slots 50 and moved outwardly upon the rear of the projections 46 and then the head piece disengaged from the inner engagement of the slots 48 and 30.

In this condition, all of the pieces may be folded flatly and packed compactly for shipping and storage.

While I have thus described a preferred construction in some detail, it should be regarded as an illustration or example rather than as a limitation or restriction of the invention, since various changes in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A head and shoulder display to provide a head piece foldable to represent an open hollow head, a head support having a top plate to engage the head and hold it in distended position, an elongated portion on the head sup port, and a supporting base having shoulders extending upwardly therefrom with a reduced neck extending upwardly from the shoulders, the top of the reduced neck of the base, and the top of the head support and the lower portions thereof having corresponding interengaging circular cuts upon which the head support and the head and the upper portion of the neck are connected together for limited rotation about a vertical axis to swing the head accordingly.

2. In a head and shoulder display, a plurality of flexible pieces of sheet material, cut, scored and foldable to provide a head piece, a head support, and a combined neck, shoulder and base piece, the head support having means for mounting it upon the base piece for a limited turning movement, a plate at the top of the head support for engaging the head piece and holding it in a hollow extending position, and interengaging means at the top of the neck portion of the combined piece and the top plate of the head support for mounting these side 'portions of the head support and neck piece portion to pivot the upper end of the display so that the head piece will swing about a vertical axis.

3. A head and shoulder display panel, in accordance with claim 2, in which the head piece has a plurality of connected panels to form front and side portions of the head piece, the portions forming side panels having slots, and a top plate having projections adapted to be inserted through the slots to hold the head piece in distended posiif? and the panels of each side at an angle to each of er.

4. In a display in accordance with claim 2, the head piece having a plurality of connected panels including two side panels on each side, a slot intersecting each pair of side panels at the top, and the plate at the top of the head support having side projections with front and rear slots adapting the front portion of the projections to be inserted through the panel slots at the front ends thereof until the rear slots of the projections may be engaged in the rear ends of the panel slots, thereby holding the head piece in a distended position with the side projections of the plate projecting beyond the sides of the panels.

5. A display structure in accordance with claim 2, in which the head piece has a plurality of connected front and side panels and the lower and outer edges of the panels present an angular outline simulating a human head when distended, the outer edges of the panels being spaced apart at the rear of the head piece but engaging the edges of the head support and the neck piece portion, with a frictional contact so that the head piece may be tilted in various positions and held in any adjusted position by the resilient engagement of the said edges.

6. A head display in accordance with claim 2 in which the upper portion of the neck piece portion has angular score lines adapting the neck piece portion to be angularly flexed in either lateral direction from an upright central position for correspondingly inclining the head piece, and frictional means for engaging the head piece to hold it in any adjusted position.

7. A movable head and neck display in accordance with claim 2, in which the neck portion of the combined piece has angular panels connecting it with the base portion of said combined piece for permitting an angular twisting movement of the shoulder portion of the combined piece when the head piece is turned in either direction from a central upright position.

8. A head and structure display in accordance with claim 7, in which the shoulder portion of the combined piece is connected to the base portion of the said piece by reduced necks on both sides of the center line, and the neck portion of said piece and the adjacent connected angular panels have a common central opening between the said necks to provide an angularly resilient mounting for the said neck portion whereby the head piece may be turned in either direction from a central position and may be tilted in a vertical position.

9. A head display comprising sheet material cut, scored and folded to provide a head piece with connected front and side panels, a head support having a top plate connected to the upper portion of the head piece for distending it, a combined base, shoulder and neck piece having means at the bottom for pivotally engaging the lower end of the head support, means in the top plate and at the upper end of the neck portion of the combined piece for pivotally joining said plate and piece together and forming a pivotal top connection, and resilient mounting means in the neck portion to provide a limited twisting movement of the shoulder portion of the combined piece at the base of the neck portion of said piece for swinging the head piece about a vertical axis.

10. A structure in accordance with claim 9, in which the pivotal connection with the bottom of the base portion of the combined piece comprises form a bendable tongue, at larger cut surrounding the a circular cut to 20 circular cut extending opposite to the tongue, the lowe end of the head support having a rounded extremity ben at right angles with a circular cut in the end thereof t1 form a tongue to engage the said tongue of the said has portion, the rounded end of the head support engaging ii the second cut in the base portion for securing the bast portion and the head support together and at the sam: time permitting a limited turning movement of the hear support with respect to the base portion.

11. A display in accordance with claim 9, in which the base portion has an extending portion connected theretc by a fold line adapting the extending portion to be bent at an angle to the remainder of the base portion for securing the projecting portion of the base portion to an upright support and holding the head piece of the display in an upright position.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,149,254 Corswirt Mar. 7, 1939 

